SHALE STABILIZATION FLUIDS

A method for treating a subterranean formation containing shale is disclosed including introducing to the subterranean formation a shale stabilizer, a surfactant, and a triggering agent simultaneously with or prior to introducing an alkali silicate to the subterranean formation, and allowing the alk...

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Hauptverfasser: KALININ, Daniel, GOH, Soo Hui, LING, Kong Teng, FU, Diankui
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method for treating a subterranean formation containing shale is disclosed including introducing to the subterranean formation a shale stabilizer, a surfactant, and a triggering agent simultaneously with or prior to introducing an alkali silicate to the subterranean formation, and allowing the alkali silicate and triggering agent to react to form a reaction product. Coating the surface of at least a portion of the shale with the reaction product is also disclosed.